{"id":4553,"date":"2011-12-29T18:42:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T01:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2011-12-29T18:42:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T01:42:55","slug":"us-escalates-war-tensions-to-ensure-weapons-deal-to-saudi-fascists-alcoa-to-reap-profits-from-aluminium-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=4553","title":{"rendered":"US escalates war tensions to ensure weapons deal to Saudi Fascists – Alcoa to reap profits from Aluminium Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S., Saudi Sign Boeing F-15 Fighter Deal Proposed in 2010<\/strong>
\nDecember 29, 2011 – Hans Nichols, Steven Komarow, Ann Hughey – Bloomberg<\/p>\n

Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia that Congress approved in 2010 to sell Boeing Co. F-15 fighters to the Gulf ally.<\/p>\n

\u201cValued at $29.4 billion, this agreement includes production of 84 new aircraft and the modernization of 70 existing aircraft as well as munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistics,\u201d the White House’s principal deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, said in an e-mailed statement. The jets \u201care among the most sophisticated and capable aircraft in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The sale, signed on Christmas Eve in Riyadh, \u201cwill send a strong message to countries in the region that the United States is committed to security in the Gulf,\u201d said Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, at a State Department briefing announcing the deal’s completion.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping channel for Persian Gulf oil, if economic sanctions are increased. The sanctions are aimed at stopping the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear bomb. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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